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Does Motherhood Raise Depression Risk?

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Does Motherhood Raise Depression Risk?Treatment experts see this new finding as important because mental health issues like depression can make individuals more susceptible to substance abuse.

Working moms are less likely to show symptoms of depression than stay-at-home moms, MSNBC.com reports, citing a new study. Working moms aren’t off the hook, though. Those who are harder on themselves when it come to setting realistic expectations at balancing work and family end up having higher rates of depression than their more laid-back counterparts. (more…)


Supervised Drinking Doesn’t Work, New Study Shows

Friday, May 13th, 2011

Supervised Drinking Doesn’t Work, New Study Shows  Trying to teach your teen responsible drinking by letting them imbibe at home doesn’t lead to better behavior after all.

Think your teens are safe if the alcohol they consume is at home and under your watchful eye? Think again.

A study in the May issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs concluded adult-supervised alcohol use resulted in youth experiencing higher instances of alcohol-related consequences. In fact, it found supervised drinking was not a harm-minimization policy at all. (more…)


Dinner and Drugs

Friday, September 24th, 2010

Dinner and Drugs Is the key to keeping kids off drugs as close as your dinner table? A new study suggests the meal is important in ways that have nothing to do with nutrition.

For years, breakfast has received all the good press, begin touted as “the most important meal of the day,” but it turns out dinner has the real power – at least when it comes to keeping your kids off drugs.

Those who have infrequent family dinners (fewer than three per week) are more than twice as likely to say that they expect to try drugs in the future compared to teens who sit down to eat with their families five to seven times per week, according to a new study titled “The Importance of Family Dinners VI.” (more…)


Tough Talks

Friday, September 17th, 2010

Tough TalksParents still don’t know how to talk to kids about drugs.

More than one in five parents feel ill-equipped to prevent kids from trying drugs and alcohol, according to survey data from Partnership for a Drug-Free America and the MetLife Foundation.

The new data comes from the 2009 Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS), sponsored by MetLife Foundation, which found more than one in five parents feel there is little they can do to prevent their kids from trying drugs (22 percent) and alcohol (27 percent). The survey also found only two in five parents (39 percent) feel strongly that they could immediately stop their kids from using drugs once they’ve started. PATS data released earlier this year also confirmed marked increases in teen use of alcohol, Ecstasy and marijuana, namely those substances that teens are most likely to encounter is social situations. (more…)


Multi-generational Addiction

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Multi-generational AddictionAddiction doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Its effects can often be felt for generations.

Addiction doesn’t just affect those who are abusing. It can live on to affect the generations that follow.

When one or both parents suffer from substance abuse or alcoholism, mental health issues or rage, trauma is created. Trauma at an early age – particularly the early developmental stages before the development of the prefrontal cortex — creates stress, which negatively impacts the structure of chemistry of the brain. (more…)


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